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The al-Qa'ida leader, Osama bin Laden, was thought to be in Pakistan, but officials deny this

Bin Laden not in our country, says Pakistan

Brown's claim that country is not doing enough to find al-Qa'ida leader is rejected

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£850bn: official cost of the bank bailout

Friday, 4 December 2009

Government support for Britain's banks has reached a staggering £850bn and the eventual cost to taxpayers will not be known for years, the public spending watchdog says today.

Darling cedes final say on bank bailouts to Europe

Friday, 4 December 2009

UK's 'fiscal responsibility' can be over-ridden, text of European Union deal reveals

The face of Vladimir Putin appears on multiple television sets at a Moscow electronics store during his annual media phone-in yesterday

Putin confides to the nation: I want to be President again

Friday, 4 December 2009

Asked if he wants to spend more time with his family, Russian PM declares: 'Don't hold your breath'

British soldiers stand by burning tyres as they clash with Iraqis in the southern city of Basra in 2003 over fuel shortages and the lack of electricity

Hoon 'banned armed forces from preparing for Iraq war'

Friday, 4 December 2009

Ministers wanted public kept in dark over likelihood of invasion, Lord Boyce says

Ken Livingstone is but one of a number of celebrities and politicians to sign a petition calling for the Trident nuclear weapons system to be cancelled

Demand for Trident to be scrapped

Friday, 4 December 2009

Celebrities, religious leaders and politicians join campaign

Terminal 1 at Heathrow: Stopped trying to photograph armed police and their vehicles

Photographers snap over use of Section 44 by police

Friday, 4 December 2009

The heavy-handed use of anti-terror laws is making innocent people feel like criminals, complain civil liberties groups

David Cameron will target Gordon Brown's handling of public finances

Tories attacked as 'climate saboteurs'

Friday, 4 December 2009

The Conservative peer Lord Lawson, the Tory MP David Davis and other politicians who have been casting doubt on the science of global warming in advance of next week's Copenhagen climate conference were "climate saboteurs", Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said yesterday.

Rupert Murdoch objected to the aggregate news site run by Google, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Bri

The Big Question: Could Rupert Murdoch's battle with Google save the newspaper industry?

Friday, 4 December 2009

'The African teams have as good a chance as anybody,' muses Roger Milla on who might lift the World Cup in 2010

Roger Milla: 'Ghana and Ivory Coast are the teams to spring surprises'

Friday, 4 December 2009

Never mind Gazza's tears – in Africa the lasting image of Italia '90 is the corner-flag dance of the Cameroonian striker. He tells Simon Hart why African teams can go further than ever.

A tactful, unflappable journalist: Hains was steadfast in his drive to ensure the integrity and impartiality of news stories

Bob Hains: Chief sub-editor who worked at The Independent from its inception

Friday, 4 December 2009

Good sub-editing is the backbone of any newspaper: the act of quality control that gives a title a reputation for relevance and reliability.

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